Shelli
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #13,448
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 396 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,983since 1945
Shelli over time
Rank among girls' names. Shelli has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 |
| 1983 | #1,260 | 99 |
| 1982 | #1,221 | 109 |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 |
| 1980 | #1,077 | 131 |
| 1979 | #1,104 | 123 |
| 1978 | #1,014 | 134 |
| 1977 | #921 | 152 |
| 1976 | #956 | 133 |
| 1975 | #766 | 185 |
| 1974 | #693 | 212 |
| 1973 | #651 | 230 |
| 1972 | #561 | 295 |
| 1971 | #512 | 364 |
| 1970 | #566 | 321 |
| 1969 | #515 | 361 |
| 1968 | #484 | 396 |
| 1967 | #498 | 368 |
| 1966 | #517 | 333 |
| 1965 | #539 | 310 |
| 1964 | #498 | 386 |
| 1963 | #512 | 361 |
| 1962 | #593 | 281 |
| 1961 | #685 | 230 |
| 1960 | #733 | 191 |
| 1959 | #944 | 123 |
| 1958 | #1,045 | 100 |
| 1957 | #1,254 | 70 |
| 1956 | #1,520 | 49 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shelli! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005–2009, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shelli
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1960 (#944 → #733)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1976 (#766 → #956)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1968 at #484 (396 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1959–1977
- Highest: 1 in 4,142 girls born in 1968 were named Shelli (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,942 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 46.1% of all girls named Shelli (3,217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 37 | #3,448 (1947) | #4,050 |
| 1950s | 544 | #944 (1959) | #1,553 |
| 1960s | 3,217 | #484 (1968) | #557 |
| 1970s | 2,149 | #512 (1971) | #774 |
| 1980s | 769 | #1,077 (1980) | #1,760 |
| 1990s | 216 | #2,843 (1991) | #5,848 |
| 2000s | 44 | #9,351 (2001) | #12,696 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,448 (2010) | #13,448 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shelli in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 29,212 of them was named Shelli, which outranked 82.1% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,246Phylis71
- #1,246Trudi71
- #1,246Viki71
- #1,254Shelli70
- #1,254Charolette70
- #1,254Fonda70
- #1,254Georgene70
- #1,262Bernardine69
- #1,262Cristy69
- #1,262Delinda69
Tied with 7 names at #1,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.